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First time replacing hard drive, suggestions?
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The emachines et1331g-03w desktop (Windows 7 home premium 64bit)would freeze up so I did a system restore in the past. Thread can be found here:
PC freezing after system recovery
Well, it was working fine until yesterday. I inserted the Windows 64bit disc to attempt to repair and the PC freezes before I get to the "upgrade" or advanced options to be able to delete partitions etc (restore.) While turning on the PC normally, the PC freezes before the "starting windows" screen loads up.
I'm assuming my hard drive is shot. The PC is only for general use, what hard drive should I be looking at? Have no idea where to start. I've seen that some say X,XXX RPM's, but have no idea which one I need for my PC. Can someone enlighten me and help me choose the correct hard drive? I believe the factory hard drive is 500GB, so if I can get that amount or more that'd be great, thanks in advance.